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First Greenhouse Gas Plumes Detected With NASA-Designed Instrument (www.nasa.gov)

submitted 1 month ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/climate

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The imaging spectrometer aboard the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s Tanager-1 satellite identified methane and carbon dioxide plumes in the United States and internationally.

Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the nonprofit Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide detections from the Tanager-1 satellite. The detections highlight methane plumes in Pakistan and Texas, as well as a carbon dioxide plume in South Africa.

The data contributes to Carbon Mapper’s goal to identify and measure greenhouse gas point-source emissions on a global scale and make that information accessible and actionable.

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[–] perestroika 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Seems like a useful monitoring and accountability tool. :) Especially if its quantity estimates can be made accurate.